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Suppose A has contacts B and C. If A chooses to share contacts with Facebook, and Facebook suggests B and C to A, I can see why you'd say that's not an invasion
by brlewis 7y ago
Suppose A has contacts B and C. If A chooses to share contacts with Facebook, and Facebook suggests B and C to A, I can see why you'd say that's not an invasion of privacy. If Facebook suggests A to C, that's arguably an invasion of privacy. If Facebook suggests B and C to each other, that's unarguably an invasion of privacy.
- lmm 7y ago> If Facebook suggests B and C to each other, that's unarguably an invasion of privacy. How so? Alice tells me she knows Bob and Charlie. I mention Charlie to Bob - completely normal human thing to do. Maybe I think they're in the same circle but I've forgotten exactly why or how I found that out - completely normal human memory behaviour. Where's the invasion of privacy?
- brlewis 7y ago>Where's the invasion of privacy? In both cases. Yours is understandable and forgivable. Charlie's privacy may have been violated, but it was a simple mistake. But suppose you say to Alice, "Tell me all the people you know. I'll tell you which ones I know too." If you then write down that list and systematically start telling them about each other and that they have Alice as a mutual friend, then you're a privacy-invading jerk, and Alice was wrong to trust you.
- visarga 7y agoYet you can't mention all the Charile's to Bobs on the planet like FB.